16 U.S. Code § 670c–1 - Cooperative and interagency agreements for land management on installations

The Secretary of a military department may enter into cooperative agreements with States, local governments, Indian tribes, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals, and into interagency agreements with the heads of other Federal departments and agencies, to provide for the following:

(1)The maintenance and improvement of natural resources on, or to benefit natural and historic research on, military installations and State-owned National Guard installations.

(2)The maintenance and improvement of natural resources located off of a military installation or State-owned National Guard installation if the purpose of the cooperative agreement or interagency agreement is to relieve or eliminate current or anticipated challenges that could restrict, impede, or otherwise interfere with, whether directly or indirectly, current or anticipated military activities.

(b) Multiyear agreements

Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for a fiscal year may be obligated to cover the cost of goods and services provided under a cooperative agreement or interagency agreement entered into under subsection (a) of this section or through an agency agreement under section
1535 of title
31 during any 18-month period beginning in that fiscal year, without regard to whether the agreement crosses fiscal years.

(c) Availability of funds; agreements under other laws

Cooperative agreements and interagency agreements entered into under this section shall be subject to the availability of funds and shall not be considered, nor be treated as, cooperative agreements to which chapter
63 of title
31 applies.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–85, § 2908(2), added heading and text of subsec. (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: “A cooperative agreement shall provide for the Secretary of Defense and the other party or parties to the agreement—

“(1) to contribute funds on a matching basis to defray the cost of programs, projects, and activities under the agreement; or

“(2) to furnish services on a matching basis to carry out such programs, projects, and activities,